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French Navy Rafale Collision

  • 24-09-2009 10:14pm
    #1
    Steyr
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    http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSLO29310420090924


    Two French Rafale fighter planes crash in sea
    Thu Sep 24, 2009

    PARIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Two French Rafale fighter aicraft from the carrier Charles de Gaulle crashed in the Mediterrenean on Thursday during a test flight, the military said.

    One pilot has been rescued, another is still missing.

    The Rafale, made by Dassault Aviation, is France's most advanced fighter. Brazil has been negotiating to buy the aircraft, which would be its first export order.

    The accident took place about 30 km from the southwestern city of Perpignan. A spokesman for Dassault had no comment.

    "It was a training mission, not an operational mission. The search is continuing for the second pilot," an armed forces spokeswoman said. A rescue vessel, a civilian helicopter and two military planes were taking part in the search. (Reporting by Marcel Michelson; editing by Andrew Dobbie)


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  • #2
    Delancey
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    I read somewhere that the De Gaulle class carriers were designed with flight decks too short for proper operation of the Rafale - any truth in this ?


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